The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion / Thomas E. Buckley.
2002
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Title
The great catastrophe of my life : divorce in the Old Dominion / Thomas E. Buckley.
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2002]
Copyright
©2002
Call Number
HQ835.V8 B83 2002
ISBN
0807827126 (alk. paper)
0807853801 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807853801 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xi, 346 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48871203
Note
"Published...in association with the American Society for Legal History"--Series title page.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Petitions
1
Pt. I
Contexts
Ch. 1A Vexata Questio: The Political Arena
13
Ch. 2This Holy Relation: The Religious Culture
46
Ch. 3Respects to Grandmother: The Communal Setting
80
Pt. II
Causes
Ch. 4The Greatest Lewdness: Crossing the Color Line
121
Ch. 5Private Disputes in Families: The Battered Wife
153
Ch. 6A Monster in Female Form: The Cuckold's Lament
188
Pt. III
Consequences
Ch. 7This Prejudice of Divorce: The Social Stigma
225
Epilogue: Petitioners
264
App.: Tables
Notes
273
Bibliography
309
Index
333